Armed Polite Society
Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: AZRedhawk44 on October 04, 2022, 07:11:31 AM
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The case:
https://ij.org/case/novak-v-parma/
Novak was using social media parody as a means of mocking government policy/action.
The Onion filed an Amicus Brief.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22-293/242292/20221003125252896_35295545_1-22.10.03%20-%20Novak-Parma%20-%20Onion%20Amicus%20Brief.pdf
It is a master class in lampooning an Amicus Brief.
The Onion is the world’s leading news publication,
offering highly acclaimed, universally revered cover-
age of breaking national, international, and local news
events. Rising from its humble beginnings as a print
newspaper in 1756, The Onion now enjoys a daily read-
ership of 4.3 trillion and has grown into the single most
powerful and influential organization in human his-
tory.
In addition to maintaining a towering standard of
excellence to which the rest of the industry aspires,
The Onion supports more than 350,000 full- and part-
time journalism jobs in its numerous news bureaus
and manual labor camps stationed around the world,
and members of its editorial board have served with
distinction in an advisory capacity for such nations as
China, Syria, Somalia, and the former Soviet Union.
On top of its journalistic pursuits, The Onion also owns
and operates the majority of the world’s transoceanic
shipping lanes, stands on the nation’s leading edge on
matters of deforestation and strip mining, and proudly
conducts tests on millions of animals daily.
The Onion’s keen, fact-driven reportage has been
cited favorably by one or more local courts, as well as
Iran and the Chinese state-run media.
ARGUMENT
I. Parody Functions By Tricking People Into
Thinking That It Is Real.
Tu stultus es. You are dumb. These three Latin
words have been The Onion’s motto and guiding light
since it was founded in 1988 as America’s Finest News
Source, leading its writers toward the paper’s singular
purpose of pointing out that its readers are deeply gul-
lible people.
The Onion’s motto is central to this brief for two
important reasons. First, it’s Latin. And The Onion
knows that the federal judiciary is staffed entirely by
total Latin dorks: They quote Catullus in the original
Latin in chambers. They sweetly whisper “stare deci-
sis” into their spouses’ ears. They mutter “cui bono” un-
der their breath while picking up after their neighbors’
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dogs. So The Onion knew that, unless it pointed to a
suitably Latin rallying cry, its brief would be operating
far outside the Court’s vernacular.
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Wow, someone put a lot of work into that .
Readership of 7.3 trillion people? :rofl:
Sounds like some of the exaggerations of the anti gunners.
I'll give you maybe 7.3 trillon bots, though.
I like the term "parodists."
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Steve Lehto does a great breakdown of the brief.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcImmWxmeTo
Brad
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I remember actually when the Onion was funny.
I guess gargling the balls of the establishment doesn't make for good humor.